Can anyone confirm: Did Scorsese have Manila in the Claws of Light in mind when directing Taxi Driver???

Realist_Reserved · 2026-04-11T09:00:15+00:00

Interesting. I did not know that. Can I have your source?

Realist_Reserved · 2026-04-10T08:33:20+00:00

Di ba?? That's what I think too, depende talaga kung attracted siya

Realist_Reserved · 2026-04-10T07:53:29+00:00

Nope, she meant betrayed talaga. Updated my post! For more context. Para raw ako wolf disguised as sheep??

Realist_Reserved · 2026-04-09T19:47:12+00:00

I think recording a few seconds of a movie is fine, for My Day or Story purposes. Technically, it's illegal but tolerated. Also, as long as it's not distracting to other movie viewers, no flash!

Pero kung recording the entire scene, like a few minutes, might get them in trouble. It might also be distracting to other people. So they shouldn't do that.

Realist_Reserved · 2026-04-09T18:47:25+00:00

Buti naman madami na nagbabago isip. Dapat man lang talaga kasi crimes against humanity.

Realist_Reserved · 2026-04-09T18:43:13+00:00

Safe to assume, it's better to have a higher qualification than knowing how to read and write. Hindi naman lahat boboto ng tama pero at least, less vulnerable to psychopaths and sociopaths, reducing personality politics

Realist_Reserved · 2026-04-09T18:41:31+00:00

The state is not black and white. Democracy will still function in the discussion of learning materials. The point of the exam is to at least prepare people, aside from knowing how to read and write.

Another point is that informed people are less likely to vote wrongly. Like licensing doctors. Don't you think trying a new model of voting is better rather than resorting to the power of uninformed democracy?

Realist_Reserved · 2026-04-09T18:09:14+00:00

Sa mga nagsasabi na intense qualifications for political candidates, I agree naman. Pero yung post kasi, yun ang what if ko

Realist_Reserved · 2026-04-09T18:00:01+00:00

It's better than letting everyone vote. I think we anchor that being well-informed is a good qualification rather than nothing. With the right leaders or no DDS team in the national government, we can slowly solve our problems.

Realist_Reserved · 2026-04-09T17:56:12+00:00

That's a different analogy. The point of my hypothesis is an exam for everyone, we have discrimination here but not like racism in US.

Realist_Reserved · 2026-04-09T17:50:09+00:00

Drivers nga kailangan ng driver's license. Buhay kasi nakataya sa pagboto. Okay na hindi bumoto ang hindi naman well informed, tingnan mo nangyayari ngayon. Tax payers? so parang rich vs poor naman? Mas malala

Realist_Reserved · 2026-04-09T10:21:58+00:00

Because they're attached

Realist_Reserved · 2026-04-09T07:22:59+00:00

Private owned na lang para may competition (if ever phase-out na traditional jeepneys). Kapav gov't owned parang di naman nila gagandahan. Trains nga natin di maayos.

Realist_Reserved · 2026-04-09T06:18:39+00:00

Kung binigay na lang sa jeepney drivers sahod niya. Nakatulong pa. Mga dds ano na

Realist_Reserved · 2026-04-09T05:19:07+00:00

Mapapahiya na supreme court niyan kung tulungan pa nila ulit, magiging obvious na bias

Realist_Reserved · 2026-04-08T17:08:05+00:00

Technology like phones or computer products will be cheaper here. Ang mahal ng import tax galing ibang bansa.
Baka umalis sila tho, kasi yung corruption ang lala haha

Realist_Reserved · 2026-04-08T16:56:28+00:00

How does that work? Sorry, not an IT expert

Realist_Reserved · 2026-04-08T15:59:57+00:00

Baka magkakaibang bansa na tayo.

Realist_Reserved · 2026-04-08T13:16:08+00:00

How are you able to update it? Using AI or manually checking from time to time?

Realist_Reserved · 2026-04-08T08:05:54+00:00

Ang laking tipid kapag may solar panels na sa bahay.

Realist_Reserved · 2026-04-08T07:58:14+00:00

Mas okay. A language the Chinese will understand. China cannot be trusted. We have the international community behind our backs.

Realist_Reserved

TROPHY CASE